Jailed in Liverpool: The Bear , motorway chase mum and Satan child rapist
An overview of Liverpool court cases and those jailed for crimes linked to Merseyside
05:00, 26 APR 2021
L-R Robert Broughton, Stephen Rafferty and Hannah Kellett
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These are the faces of 24 people locked up for crimes in court cases linked to Liverpool and Merseyside this past week.
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Huge nationwide operation masterminded by Alan and John Tobin of Liverpool
The brothers were backed up by former martial arts star Robbie Broughton
Anthony and Leon Cullen and Jamie Oldroyd s firm were among their customers
The Tobins ordered the transport of a stash of drugs from Kent to Warrington
But police intercepted the van, carrying 186kg of up to 90 per cent pure cocaine
The brothers and The Bear - drugs gang jailed over £20m cocaine haul found in van on the M6
Alan and John Tobin had been running a smooth and successfully profitable criminal organisation which saw them supply well-known gangs in the North West with drugs
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Two brothers who attempted to deliver £20m of cocaine to organised crime groups in the north west have been jailed.
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image captionAlan and John Tobin led a lavish lifestyle before their drugs empire was toppled, police said
Two drug-dealing brothers at the centre of a record £20m cocaine haul seized by police have been jailed.
The 2019 operation on the M6 motorway in Cheshire was the biggest ever UK land-based cocaine seizure at the time.
Police found ringleaders Alan and John Tobin, aged 52 and 40, were the brains behind sending the drugs to two Warrington-based drug gangs.
Alan was jailed for 20 years while his brother was sentenced to 19 years and eight months at Liverpool Crown Court.